Saying that environmental stewardship smacked of “PC-meaningless” is trite. We are called to be good stewards of Creation as Christians. It was part of Adam and Eve’s original mandate. Don’t evoke tones of something being politically correct simply to deflect the accuracy of what I was saying.

I just noticed some oil on my screen too, but then I realized it was from my forehead. I fell asleep reading your comment since it was so trite and PC itself.

I’m not going to read between any more lines in your comment and just take it as a non-oiled, off the cuff response.

My ultimate point, I believe, still stands:
Christ followers cannot allow themselves to be swung to the extremes. We must seek to apply a balanced, loving, and Christ-centered response to problems, issues, and evils in this present world system.

I believe it was an incredibly wise and well-respected blogger I know who recently stated, “My goal is to rave less and, instead, to approach each subject with more wisdom and maturity than half-wit and cynicism,” and “Playful eloquence is more inspiring than a tirade.”

I don’t think a follower of Christ can identify which party is more “Christian” or “moral” by selecting a few favorite issues to use as a litmus test.

For instance, Christians who vote Republican tend to point to abortion, the homosexual agenda, and the sanctity of marriage and life as being indicative of the Democratic Party’s moral vaccum.

However, Christians who vote Democrat are equally disgusted by the Republican Party’s ignorance and tardiness to address moral issues such as concern for the poor, environmental stewardship, financial stewardship, war, health, and starvation.

It appears that the Republicans have staked out the high ground on extremely sensitive and inflammatory issues, while the Democrats seek to claim moral authority in systemic issues.

A Christian cannot in good conscience support either party wholeheartedly.

By selecting the issues you think are worth fighting/voting over in one party, you ignore the evil that your preferences tend to overlook in that party.

Abortion may very well (and I think it is) a greater evil than poverty, but one’s silence on one issue just to massage your guilt on the other is not a holistic way to integrate one’s faith into politics.

I don’t have the answers, but I certainly don’t think it’s as cut and dried as the political pundits would like to portray it. Please remember that it benefits an established power base and status quo to be able to paint an opponent or alternate viewpoint as the extreme of one’s own position.